NPC MIXXING STATION BUG

[Baemor]

The npcs I hire to mix the ingrediences on mixxing stations dont move the mixed product into the designated location which is another mixxing station. I dont know whats the problem sometimes they do it correctly. But sometimes they just stand there and do nothing. {yes i checked if they are paid]

[Marakus]

I think you need to put it on shelf first and take it from there to the other mixing station

[Wantoomany]

Its not a bug. Chemists simply push the button once all the ingredients are already staged. They will not stage anything themselves, you need handlers for that. So you will need a chemist to push the button and start the mixer and remove the finished product, and will need a handler to bring the raw materials to the mixer to get process started.

[DOPEy]

I have noticed this myself, i found picking up the stations and replacing them tends to fix it.

[deltahazer]

Originally posted by Wantoomany:

Its not a bug. Chemists simply push the button once all the ingredients are already staged. They will not stage anything themselves, you need handlers for that. So you will need a chemist to push the button and start the mixer and remove the finished product, and will need a handler to bring the raw materials to the mixer to get process started.

That's for starting the first mix, but I think the OP is talking about trying to automate a chain of two or more mixes. For that, the Chemist can move the finished first mix from Mixer 1 and put it directly into the Product slot on Mixer 2- my own Bungalow lab does this just fine for a 2-mix product I've been running recently to test the overall method before expanding.

What I sometimes encountered with that setup was that the SECOND mixer was actually backed because the Handler who was doing my packaging would take an absolute AGE to pack one batch of 20 final product- easily as long as two or three mixes in a rank 2 mixer. I'll probably fix that in the Barn by having a dedicated packaging Handler and a separate one for hauling stuff between shelves/stations, but I didn't have the spare bed in my Bungalow lab for a second one.